The Italian government investigated 216 terror threats against Italy last year, concluding that Islamist cells were the “primary threat to the public interest, both Italy and abroad.” The extent of the terror threats were revealed in an anti-terrorism report presented to the department of information security. Al-Qaeda “is still playing a central role” according to…
Foreign foods such as kebabs are being kicked out of Italian cities as it becomes the target of a campaign against ethnic food, backed by the center-right government of Silvio Berlusconi. In the town of Lucca, the council recently banned new ethnic food outlets from operating within the city walls. In Lombardy and its regional…
A multi-faith football (soccer) league has been recently organized by an Islamic Center in the city of Milan. The league intended to see several teams vie for the “mosque cup” in the Milan stadium. Eight teams from across the northern Lombardy province completed in a one-day competition organized by the mosque. The initiative is part…
A mosque in the small city of Abbiategrasso, near Milan, has been the target of a recent assault – the eighth in the region of Lombardy. A man was seen throwing a Molotov cocktail into the courtyard of the mosque. No major damage or injuries are reported from the attack.
